Customer Reviews
Oh how I miss Aloha Bob 
2008-08-13
I've used Intellimover, and Eisenworld's Aloha Bob (before they were bought out) with very little trouble. Yes, you do have to reinstall the essential programs, but in the current software market you have a limited number of installs anyway...They both transferred my files, as per my directions - no problems.
Laplink's product was a nightmare. It requires that the Internet Explorer programs be the same version, and if they aren't, you have to go back and update.... if the updated version is now newer than the other version, you have to go back and update both. They require that you disable all your security software. I don't know if you've ever tried to disable anything made by the wonderous Norton Products of the Symantec company, but those guys don't give up easily. Since the preinstalled security software was incompatible, THAT made the transfer not difficult - but impossible. When I decided to stop wasting my time (nine hours) and attempted to uninstall the Laplink product, I was informed that despite the fact that it had failed to run, if I didn't run it on that computer, it wasn't going to run anyplace else.
Save yourself the pain. Don't buy it. Just transfer the data and go ahead and buy the essential programs again. You'll spend less time in anger management classes.
a big help 
2008-08-04
PCmover was a big help to me in transfering data and prograns to my new PC.
Takes patience 2008-07-31
I am not a computer wiz by any sense of the word but I know that you will need patience for this program. I thought it worked great. I think that you just have to really read the instructions and what the compatibilities are when transferring from one computer to another. Everything that I wanted transfered transfered.
PCMover 2008-07-21
Almost There!
I'm not a techie, but for the money it was worth the investment. It transferred the majority of the information from the two drives in my old notebook. It did not transfer my Outlook inbox/outbox or the archive files (which I had a lot of) this may have been my fault still working on that issue.
Because of a problem with my registry PCMover recommended that I purchase another problem to solve the registry problem. I was able to purchase and down load it over the internet successfully.
I would use it again.
DO NOT WASTE MONEY! 2008-06-30
this software moved over things that it shouldn't have and caused compatability errors!!!
it made the CDrom drive disappear
i had to undo everything and start over with a flashdrive
WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Product was a timesaver 2008-06-25
With the PC Mover Moving Kit, you can make upgrading to a new computer much easier. Transfer all your existing applications, settings, data files, and even registry settings to another PC -- without losing important data. It's ideal for copying your current configurations to a new notebook or to another computer that you plan to use in addition to your PC. Your new computer will be ready to go; complete with your important files and applications from the old computer and all of the new computer's pre-existing software.
PCmover 2008-06-23
Using this product was a nightmare. I followed the directions exactly moving from an XP computer to a Vista computer. I ended up having to erase and reformat the hard disk of the Vista machine, and having to resinstall all factory loaded software, then copy over my important files. This was time consuming and the product was a BIG disappointment. A better route is to save all important files and copy them over, forgetting the software. New versions are often needed to run on Vista anyway. I wanted to save time but ended up spending WAY more time using this product.
Most Dangerous Software Ever! 2008-04-30
Do NOT buy this product (Laplink PC Mover Moving Kit). I tried to move my settings from a Windows 98SE machine to a brand-new Windows XP machine, and it absolutely trashed the new machine. I had to erase and reformat the hard disk and reinstall the operating system with product disks from the manufacturer to get it to work at all. The only possible safe use of this product (and even then I would recommend it only to professionals) is to move settings from one machine to an IDENTICAL machine -- same manufacturer, same model, same operating system.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED 2008-04-03
I realize that my review is not about this product, but I think it is relevant to potential purchasers of Avanquest products. I do not know anything about this particular program, but have had considerable difficulty with Avanquest as detailed below.
I purchased My Ultimate Organizer 7.0 via download and subsequent key.
I am not making this up - the product displayed a message in Serbo-Croatian telling me the key had expired.
Four hours later with Technical Support and the problem is still not resolved (despite erasing the program, reinstalling, trying different keys, searching the Windows Registry, etc). It takes a full hour on hold to get a technical support representative and at the conclusion of the last session, I was told to contact Customer Service for a CD copy in the hopes that that would resolve the issue. Now Customer Service tells me Technical Support must send me the copy, although Technical Support says otherwise. I am out $30 for a program that is at this point, totally useless, and left adrift by Avanquest who has my money and refuses to help me.
I would purchase Avanquest products with extreme caution. If you have a Technical Support issue, you will have to wait a minimum of 60 minutes on hold (no 800 number), and then get fairly substandard service after that.
Best product for the job 
2008-04-01
Forty-four applications on the old desktop. Six logical drives. Tons of serial numbers. Backed up the old machine using Acronis True Image. Built the new machine with matching drives (new ones were larger) using Acronis Disk Director. Migrated from XP Pro to XP Home (Dell doesn't offer XP Pro on new machines today). Swapped from FAT32 to NTDS. This is a one-way street, by the way.
Followed the directions carefully. Said a couple Hail Marys and hit Start.
The system shortly announced this would take hours and hours...and it did. Took my bride out to an evening dinner party. Arrived home at 11 PM to find that the process was complete.
Spent another day checking each application on the new machine for proper execution. One didn't make it. Two small apps never appeared. Fixed those and reloaded the larger one (Adobe Photoshop Elements). Serial numbers were never a problem.
Laplink has been in the business a long time and has created a fine product here.
